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• Represented clients in the challenging of the imposition of contributions into the Sindh Workers Welfare Fund (imposed through the Sindh Workers Welfare Fund Act, 2014) on a host of companies which have been classified as establishments under the aforesaid act, and which have received notices from the Sindh Revenue Board demanding payment into the Sindh Workers Welfare Fund.
  
• Representing the Insurance Association of Pakistan, along with 29 prominent insurance companies, in a series of seven appeals currently pending before the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
  
• Represented clients in challenging the Through the rates of Super Tax imposed on high earning persons was enhanced with retrospective effect (from Tax Year 2023) before the Islamabad High Court by the Firm on behalf of more than a 100 high-net-worth companies and individuals.
  

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• Advising Chevron Pakistan Lubricants (Private) Limited on an issue caused by the Federal Board of Revenue’s modification of its online portal, which prevented companies paying provincial sales tax on services from non-residents from claiming lawful input tax adjustments against federal sales tax, disrupting the value added tax system’s interadjustability principle.
  
• Advising Haleon Pakistan Limited on a customs duty dispute after the Customs department ceased granting concessionary duty rates on packing materials due to Haleon’s use of a third-party toll manufacturer.
  
• Representing Netflix PTE Ltd., a Singapore-based regional distributor for Netflix subscriptions in the Asia-Pacific region, in precedent-setting tax litigation against Pakistan’s Federal Board of Revenue (FBR).
  

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• Represented Halliburton before the Appellate Tribunal, Sindh Revenue Board (ATSRB) in a landmark case concerning the levy of Sindh sales tax on disputed transactions, securing partial relief on the ground that the supplies comprised goods beyond SRB’s jurisdiction under the Constitution and SSTSA.
  
• Represented Sui Southern Gas Company Limited before the Alternate Dispute Resolution Committee (ADRC) under Section 134A of the Income Tax Ordinance, achieving favourable resolution of disputes relating to unaccounted-for gas and late payment surcharge.
  
• Represented Faraz Jawed before the Commissioner Inland Revenue (Appeals) in successfully challenging a tax demand under Section 7E of the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001, securing annulment of the impugned order and remand for re-adjudication.
  

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• Represented National Transmission Company in challenging vires and imposition of Sales Tax on Services by all 04 Provinces of Pakistan before all 04 High Courts on the grounds of being an instrumentality of the Federal Government discharging functions thereof, immune from such taxation under the Constitutional Framework.
  
• Represented multiple sugar mills in successful challenge to sectoral audit selection by FBR in the Supreme Court.
  
• Representing a Bank in the High Court and the Supreme Court of Pakistan regarding vires of law imposing Super Tax on Banking Companies, through amendments in the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001, operating in Pakistan on constitutional grounds.
  

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• Represented Enaara Developers (Private) Limited successfully in  challenging orders passed and notifications issued by the Punjab Revenue Authority before the Hon’ble Lahore High Court.
  
• Representing Federal Board of Revenue (National Tax Regulator) in a tax reference involving tax evasion of around Rs1Bn.
  
• Representing the Punjab Revenue Authority in an Intra-Court Appeal before the Division Bench of the Lahore High Court, challenging an order of the Single Bench that set aside multiple show cause notices on the ground that the appointments of the relevant tax officers were not made in accordance with law.